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Subject: [Leica] off list Re: Jay
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Sun Mar 28 17:53:01 2004

oops - I see we all make mistakes.

Doug
on 3/28/04 5:55 PM, Doug Herr at telyt@earthlink.net wrote:

> on 3/28/04 5:25 PM, Mark Rabiner at mark@rabinergroup.com wrote:
> 
>> To the mysterious "Leicajay@aol.com":
>> 
>> Are your making prints from the output from those cameras?
>> Are you scanner equipped?
>> Output is a big issue here to judge the viability of new technologies.
>> Digital has turned a lot of people who would have never done so into print
>> makers. This increases the intensity of the photographic experience for them
>> by tenfold.
>> 
>> I normally don't respond to nameless posts and eventually I filter them.
>> 
>> 
>> Mark Rabiner
>> Photography
>> Portland Oregon
>> 
> 
> Mark,
> 
> Jay is a dentist in south Florida, I think Broward County, who fancies
> himself as an expert on all thing photograpic (and then some).  He's also an
> ex-marine and is an excellent wordsmith.  He currently uses M and (I think)
> LTM cameras as well as many other brands.  He has owned and broken 10 (ten!)
> R bodies.  He was banned from the photo.net Leica forum for over a year for
> rudeness, insults, inuendo and slander.  He will slander you on any forum,
> related or not, directly or indirectly, if you get on the wrong side of him.
> Ask me how I know.
> 
> You can get on the wrong side of him by questioning the superiority of Canon
> EOS cameras, by telling the list that you don't use UV filters, by
> discussing Bokeh, or by saying anything positive about Leica's product
> planning, R cameras, or about the LHSA.  You can also get on the wrong side
> of him by asking him to post some of his photos.  Depending on what day of
> the month it was, his reasons for not posting any photos were either that
> his enemies whould tear them to shreds or because photo.net wasn't a
> taleneted enough or influential enough audience to view his photos.  Read
> many of his posts and you will understand why he'd think he has enemies on
> photo.net.
> 
> He does know a lot about the minutia of lens sharpness and the minor details
> of product changes in the M line.  If you're at all familiar with Ken
> Rockwell's "Seven Levels of Photographers" you know where this places him:
> the Equipment Measurebater.  Tread carefully or prepare for battle with him.
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> 
> 
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